Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1859  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)   

1860  Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer is born   

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers.   

1862  Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer.   

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service.   

1865  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers.   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial.   

1868  Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial.   

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law.   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their inaugural golf match   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match   

1879  Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer.   

1881  Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62.   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins.   

1884  Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist is born.   

1884  In this year, US formally adopts Standard Time.   

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit).   

1885  In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional.   

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist   

1887  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages   

1890  Michael Taube, composer.   

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67.   

1892  Alec Rowley, composer.   

1894  J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate.   

1895  Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die.   

1896  Dorothy Aldis, writer.   

1897  San Diego State University is founded   

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1372  Louis of valois: Duke of orléans, brother of charles vi of france   

1548  Sasbout vosmeer: Dutch catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  Johannes berchmans: Dutch jesuit/saint   

1615  Innocent xii: [antonio pignatelli], pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John theophilus desaguliers: French-british philosopher   

1696  Louis f a d duke de richelieu: French marshal   

1700  James kent: Composer   

1712  Isfrid kayser: Composer   

1202  Death of Mieszko iii: The elder, grand duke of poland (1173-77, 1200-02),   

1271  Death of Henry of almain: English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  Death of John barbour: Scottish poet   

1516  Death of Vladislav ii jagiello: King of bohemia (1490-1516),   

1558  Death of Jean fernel: French physician/physiologist,   

1569  Death of Lodewijk condé: French prince/co-leader of hugenot,   

1573  Michel de l'hôpital: French statesman   

1604  Arnaud d'ossat: French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)